dave mcbride

That’s ridiculous. It was a bad throw and wasn’t close.

It was routine and bad luck.

26 TDs is more touchdown passes than any Bills QB has thrown since 1991.

My bad. I had heard that, but it looks like he was actually fine. Scroll down: https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/sam-darnold-mono-1.36204301

Halftime shows. Marching bands.

I dunno. Riveron is the guy making the decisions. It maybe that Goodell is supportive, but it starts with Riveron. Always remember that the owners - Goodell's bosses - voted for this rule! I think they should simply get rid of the option given how badly this is playing out. That won't happen until next year at the earliest, of course.

Sean McDermott, I hope you're reading this: never challenge a PI/non-PI call for the rest of the season. I know you succeeded in week one, but literally NOTHING is being overturned now -- even blatantly obvious stuff. It is really unbelievable.

Actually, I have heard that he was sick in that game. He apparently had a fever.

The difference between a jets team with darnold vs a jets team without him is staggering. It’s official - Darnold is good.

Let's not forget that Beane ALREADY gave up a third for a far inferior WR to get over the hump in 2017. Green is by all accounts a "process guy" who, when healthy, is one of the best receivers of the last decade. Do you think the Cowboys regret trading a first for Amari Cooper last season? Well, it is a long-view notion to trade for him because he presents no cap hit or commitment beyond this season and the Bills are so far under the cap that the money is effectively meaningless. A wise approach to the long view is to exploit relatively low-cost opportunities to win in short-window time frames provided the team is good. Judging from their remaining schedule, I have the Bills getting to 11-5 in fairly comfortable fashion. Winning a playoff game seems like a legit goal, and for that, you need some elite talent on offense.

No, he has fumbled 6 times on 656 touches. He has 181 receptions too. That can't be left out.

Um ... maybe because TN's offense is consistently mediocre at best and the Chiefs have the best offense in the league?

Close: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef/2019 https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/qb/2019

Check it out. So far, fg pct this season is the lowest since 2003: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/NFL/kicking.htm

Santos just released! With Gostkowski going on IR right after the Bills-Pats game and Kaare Vedvik getting cut right after the Bills-Jets game, you really don't want to be a kicker facing the Bills.

Actually, you may be right - just came across this:

In all seriousness, I won't be surprised if Gronk returns after week 8, and if that's the case, that might be playing a role in this. I have every expectation that they'll be 8-0 by then given their upcoming schedule (NYG at home, NYJ in NY, and Cleveland at home). The five games after that: Ravens on the road, Eagles on the road, Cowboys at home, Texans on the road, Chiefs at home. That's a brutal five-game stretch. The final three are Bengals on the road, Bills at home, and Miami at home. All are probably fairly easy victories, so the worst they'll likely be is 11-5. It's more likely, however, that they'll end up at around 13-3 with the number one seed.

Basically, none of the bonus money counts for the new team.

I hate going down the rabbit hole, but that 20-yard line camera shot, which was behind the play, completely skewed the perspective for viewers so that it looked like it *might* be a lateral. It wasn’t. The play happened on the 25, and it was simply the wrong view. It was absolutely, without question, a forward pass. I am over it, but it’s not really debatable.

KtD is bringing up stats in an attempt to show he was a better prospect than Mahomes, which is why I’m bringing the larger context in.

It is being speculated that enemies in the organization leaked them. It happened right after he named McCoy the starter over Haskins. What a sh*tshow of an organization and what a terrible owner.

See my point above about talent levels in the two programs. Wisconsin was (and is) a powerhouse — 6 players drafted in the year Wilson came out (2012 draft): a first rounder, a second rounder, a third rounder (Wilson), a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth. They won the big 10 conference championship every year from 2010-2012 (Wilson played there in 2011). The year Mahomes was drafted, he was the only Tech player drafted and they went 5-7 because they had the worst defense in the nation. Regardless, Wilson should have been a first round pick, and if he came out in the last couple of years, he would have been a top-five pick given what we know now about Mahomes, Murray, Mayfield, and Wilson himself.

Believe what you want. Check out Texas Tech’s offensive stats plus the number of three star plus recruits they had vs. what Wisconsin had in Wilson’s final year. You may find yourself surprised. For now, I’m going with Reid and Payton over KtD.

He was NOT a better prospect than Mahomes! After all, two excellent, winning organizations had him rated as a top 12 pick, and Wilson ended up being a third round pick. Almost by definition, Mahomes was the better prospect. Never forget that there were very smart people in positions of power who absolutely loved Mahomes when he came out. We traded for Diggs already and now we're arguing about whether we should turn our focus to trading for Mahomes or Russell Wilson.

I think teams are coming around to the fact that that "system" can produce great NFL QBs assuming they have the requisite physical skills. Being forced to play streetball well is great training given how often plays break down at the NFL level. Goff is the opposite - a very good robo qb who struggles when the play breaks down. He's still quite good, mind you, and there's more than one path to success.